COMMENTARY_ Chinese influence in the U.N. threatens human rights globally

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Chinese influence in the U.N. threatens human rights globally

The Xinjiang human rights report saga

Chinese Influence at the United Nations Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times more >

COMMENTARY


By Michael Cunningham and Brett D. Schaefer - - Wednesday, September 14, 2022

OPINION:


The United Nations finally released its report on the human rights concerns in China’s Xinjiang region, and its conclusions are damning.

The report, compiled by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), chronicles massive human rights violations, including arbitrary detention, torture, forced labor, involuntary sterilization, sexual violence, and other crimes. While stopping short of the definitive declaration of genocide that the U.S. State Department issued in 2021, it acknowledges that the widespread abuses “may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity.”

The U.N. went to great lengths to investigate and verify alleged abuses, including by interviewing witnesses and seeking visits to China. However, according to the OHCHR report, repeated efforts to seek information from the Chinese government did not elicit a formal response, although the Chinese government did submit a lengthy 131-page response once OHCHR shared its draft report. Informal pressure, however, was intense, and news reports indicated that parts of the OHCHR report were substantially rewritten to accommodate Chinese complaints up until hours before its release.

We may never know the extent to which Chinese pressure succeeded in toning down the report’s findings. What we do know is that Beijing obstructed the investigation, limited its access to first-hand information about Xinjiang, and managed to delay the report’s release by months.

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